TR4/4A TR4 Spare tire question

[SCguy]

I currently have 195/65/15 on my panasports. I need to buy a tire for the spare which will be mounted on a stock rim. Does any one know the correct size? I would buy a 195/65/15 for my spare but I'm afraid it wouldn't fit in the wheelwell. Suggestions welcome! /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif

 

[Geo Hahn]

Well a 165x15 will certainly fit a stock rim and fit in the compartment. It may even may be fairly close to the circumference of the 195/65.

If you cannot find a 165x15 then a 165/80x15 is about the same.

 

[SoCal]

Larry, I have the same wheel and tire set up as you along with a 165SR15 spare on a stock wheel. The thing you have to remember is when you get a flat, that 195/65/15 will not fit in the boot (ask me how I know). The spare tire compartment extends under the gas tank and the tire is too wide to fit under the tank. My flat got to ride home in the passenger seat.

Steve
63 TR4 CT12355L

 

[2wrench]

Hey, you love your tire. So did you belt it in and
buy it a coke?

 

[Guest]

I run 205/70 tires on Panasports for my TR6. I had a spare of the same size jambed, literally, into my spare well. Not a good thing. I finally resorted to finding a narrow (OE sized) Vredestein $pare which nestles nicely into the well and figure if I get a flat with the wide Michelins it should jamb into the well, especially since it would have no air in it at that moment.

 

[Geo Hahn]

...My flat got to ride home in the passenger seat.

Which wouldn't have been so bad if you hadn't made your passenger ride home in the boot.